لؤلؤ

See also: لولو

Arabic

Root
ل ء ل ء (l ʔ l ʔ)
4 terms

لُؤْلُؤ

بَدْر الدِين لؤلؤ

Alternative forms

• لولو — unhamzated

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luʔ.luʔ/
• (al-Andalus) IPA^(key): /law.luʔ/

Noun

لُؤْلُؤ • (luʔluʔ) m (collective, singulative لُؤْلُؤَة f (luʔluʔa), plural لَآلِئ (laʔāliʔ))

1. pearls

   Synonym: دُرّ (durr)

Declension

Declension of noun لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُؤْلُؤ luʔluʔ	اللُّؤْلُؤ al-luʔluʔ	لُؤْلُؤ luʔluʔ
Nominative	لُؤْلُؤٌ luʔluʔun	اللُّؤْلُؤُ al-luʔluʔu	لُؤْلُؤُ luʔluʔu
Accusative	لُؤْلُؤًا luʔluʔan	اللُّؤْلُؤَ al-luʔluʔa	لُؤْلُؤَ luʔluʔa
Genitive	لُؤْلُؤٍ luʔluʔin	اللُّؤْلُؤِ al-luʔluʔi	لُؤْلُؤِ luʔluʔi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُؤْلُؤَة luʔluʔa	اللُّؤْلُؤَة al-luʔluʔa	لُؤْلُؤَة luʔluʔat
Nominative	لُؤْلُؤَةٌ luʔluʔatun	اللُّؤْلُؤَةُ al-luʔluʔatu	لُؤْلُؤَةُ luʔluʔatu
Accusative	لُؤْلُؤَةً luʔluʔatan	اللُّؤْلُؤَةَ al-luʔluʔata	لُؤْلُؤَةَ luʔluʔata
Genitive	لُؤْلُؤَةٍ luʔluʔatin	اللُّؤْلُؤَةِ al-luʔluʔati	لُؤْلُؤَةِ luʔluʔati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُؤْلُؤَتَيْن luʔluʔatayn	اللُّؤْلُؤَتَيْن al-luʔluʔatayn	لُؤْلُؤَتَيْ luʔluʔatay
Nominative	لُؤْلُؤَتَانِ luʔluʔatāni	اللُّؤْلُؤَتَانِ al-luʔluʔatāni	لُؤْلُؤَتَا luʔluʔatā
Accusative	لُؤْلُؤَتَيْنِ luʔluʔatayni	اللُّؤْلُؤَتَيْنِ al-luʔluʔatayni	لُؤْلُؤَتَيْ luʔluʔatay
Genitive	لُؤْلُؤَتَيْنِ luʔluʔatayni	اللُّؤْلُؤَتَيْنِ al-luʔluʔatayni	لُؤْلُؤَتَيْ luʔluʔatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُؤْلُؤَات luʔluʔāt	اللُّؤْلُؤَات al-luʔluʔāt	لُؤْلُؤَات luʔluʔāt
Nominative	لُؤْلُؤَاتٌ luʔluʔātun	اللُّؤْلُؤَاتُ al-luʔluʔātu	لُؤْلُؤَاتُ luʔluʔātu
Accusative	لُؤْلُؤَاتٍ luʔluʔātin	اللُّؤْلُؤَاتِ al-luʔluʔāti	لُؤْلُؤَاتِ luʔluʔāti
Genitive	لُؤْلُؤَاتٍ luʔluʔātin	اللُّؤْلُؤَاتِ al-luʔluʔāti	لُؤْلُؤَاتِ luʔluʔāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَآلِئ laʔāliʔ	اللَّآلِئ al-laʔāliʔ	لَآلِئ laʔāliʔ
Nominative	لَآلِئُ laʔāliʔu	اللَّآلِئُ al-laʔāliʔu	لَآلِئُ laʔāliʔu
Accusative	لَآلِئَ laʔāliʔa	اللَّآلِئَ al-laʔāliʔa	لَآلِئَ laʔāliʔa
Genitive	لَآلِئَ laʔāliʔa	اللَّآلِئِ al-laʔāliʔi	لَآلِئِ laʔāliʔi

Derived terms

• لُؤْلُؤِيّ (luʔluʔiyy)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: لولو (lūlu)
• → Amharic: ሉል (lul)
• → Azerbaijani: lölö
• → Hausa: lu'ulu'u
• → Old Spanish: alaule, allolo
• → Ottoman Turkish: لؤلؤ (lülü)
• → Persian: لؤلؤ (lo'lo')
• → Swahili: lulu
• → Tigrinya: ሉል (lul)

Proper noun

لُؤْلُؤ • (luʔluʔ) m

1. A male given name of historical usage

Declension

Declension of noun لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	لُؤْلُؤ luʔluʔ	—
Nominative	—	لُؤْلُؤٌ luʔluʔun	—
Accusative	—	لُؤْلُؤًا luʔluʔan	—
Genitive	—	لُؤْلُؤٍ luʔluʔin	—

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ).

Noun

لؤلؤ • (lülü) (plural لآلی (leâlî))

1. the pearl

Related terms

• لؤلؤی (lülüi)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لؤلؤ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1644

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [luʔ.luʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lo̞ʔ.lo̞ʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lo̞ʔ.lo̞ʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [loː.loː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lʊː.lʊː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [loʔ.loʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lɵʔ.lɵʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	lu'lu'
Dari reading?	lo'lo'
Iranian reading?	lo'lo'
Tajik reading?	lüʾlüʾ

Noun

لؤلؤ • (lo'lo') (plural لآلی (la'âli))

1. pearl

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “لؤلؤ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim